Little Richard - Long tall sally
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LONG TALL SALLY (Bassline)
As recorded by Little Richard
(From the 1957 Album HERE'S LITTLE RICHARD)
Words and Music by Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman & Robert Blackwell
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Frank Fields - Upright Bass'
1st - 5th Verses
Q=184(8=s8)
$
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q H Q Q H
|----------||-------------|------------|
|----------||o------------|------------|
|----------||o-8----------|-8----------|
|----------||-------------|------------|
Q Q H W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|----------|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|
|-8----------|----------|-------------|-------------|
|------------|----------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-10--10--10--10--|-8--8--8--8--|
|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
Saxophone Solo
1.,2. 3.
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------||-------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------o||-------------||--------7--8--|
|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8--8--8--o||-8--8--8--8--||-8--10--------|
|-------------|--------------||-------------||--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----7--8--9--|-10--10--8--7--|-----7---------|---------------|
|-10-----------|---------------|-10-----10--7--|-8-------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|----10--8--10--|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-8-------------|-------------|----5--7--8--|-10---------10--|
|----10--8--10--|-8--------5--|-8-----------|-----7--10------|
|---------------|----5--8-----|-------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-8--------5--|----5--7--8--|-10--10--10--10--|--------7--10--|
|----5--8-----|-8-----------|-----------------|-8--10---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-----7--8--7--|---------------|---------------|
|--------7--8--|-10-----------|--------7--10--|-8-------------|
|-8--10--------|--------------|-8--10---------|----10--8--10--|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-8-------------|--------7--8--|-10-----7--10--|-10---------10--|
|----10--8--10--|-8--10--------|-----8---------|-----9--10------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|---------------||-------------||
|-8--------5--|--------7--8--|-10------------||-------------||
|----5--8-----|-8--10--------|------------7--||-8--8--8--8--||
|-------------|--------------|-----8--10-----||-------------||
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-----7--8--9--|-10--7------7--|-----7---------|
|--------7--8--|-10-----------|--------10-----|-10-----10--7--|
|-8--10--------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|-8-------------|-8-------------|-------------|----5--7--8--|
|----10--8--10--|----10--8--10--|-8--------5--|-8-----------|
|---------------|---------------|----5--8-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +W
|----------------|-------------|--------------|--------*|
|-10---------10--|-8--------5--|--------------|--------*|
|-----7--10------|----5--8-----|-8----------8-|-(8)----*|
|----------------|-------------|--------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths